Child Care and Head Start Regulations/Standards: Similarities and Differences

Early Head Start (EHS) and child care programs have to navigate child care and EHS policies and regulations to understand any implications and ensure successful partnerships. Both programs must follow a set of rules that ensure high-quality care and services. However, those two sets of rules don't always align easily. Partnerships between EHS and child care programs will only be truly successful when they understand, respect, and deal with the differences.

Head Start

The following links describe Head Start regulations as they apply to Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships.